Let your child use his/her wildest imagination to create a virtual world of his own using Photoshop CS5. The first in a series of courses that provide instruction on how to use Photoshop CS5 to create professional-looking images for both print and the Web. In this course, students will learn about image copyright, identify the components of the Photoshop environment, learn about the differences between rater and vector graphics, and learn how to use Adobe Bridge.
Students will learn to select specific image areas and will learn how to modify and manipulate selections. In addition, students will learn how to work with text, layers and layer effects; how to adjust, retouch, and resize images; and how to prepare images for printing and the Web.
An intensive writing workshop where both professional and aspiring writers come together in a creative and supportive environment to individually write screenplays for film or stage.
Activities include learning key screenwriting concepts, reading and discussing existing scripts, viewing scenes from films for analysis from a writer’s perspective, and writing and revising drafts of students’ own scripts.
Your instructor will work along side you to provide detailed suggestions for improvement of story, structure, plot, characters, dialog, mechanics, and grammar. Writers learn standard screenwriting formatting using Final Draft, a leading word processing program for scriptwriting.
Final scripts are read aloud to the class so students can hear their work and visualize the final production.
This 5 week workshop will be lead by Michele Jelley, instructor of English Rutgers University and screenplay writer.
Option 1: Tuesdays 3:30-7:30 May 24, 31, June 7, 14 and 21st
Option 2: Monday and Wednesdays 10 am to noon May 23-June 23rd.
Workshop attendees welcome to work on their scripts independently in Final Draft during The Center’s open workshop hours. Pre-registration required.
Workshop fee of $75.00 includes workbook and is due at time of registration. Seating limited to 8.
For further information and registration please contact programs@mwsohkfc.org or contact The Center at 973.762.4062
Lego Animation Grades 6-7
Lego animation is a type of stop motion animation created by moving an object in very small amounts and taking a picture between each movement – think the California Raisins or Wallace and Gromit. You then run all of the pictures together at a fast pace to create the illusion that the object(s) are really moving.
Your child will learn digital technology while creating their own lego animation movie with a computer, digital camera, tripod, and batch of colorful legos.
Students will be encouraged to link this media project to their community or as a tool to bring a book report or other writing project to life.
Your child will also be introduced to iPhoto and Aperture to enhance and modify their photos in an environment that encourages collaboration among peers and senior peer mentors.
Workshop offered Tuesdays April 5 through May 3rd with registration beginning March 28th. Student fee $25.00.
For further information on this workshop a, please email programs@mwsohkfc.org or call 973.762.4062 Please note The Center follows the Maplewood & South Orange School District calendar. Accordingly classes will not be held the week of April 18th.
The Foundations Center of Maplewood & South Orange Adult Registration is now open and offering series of workshops that focus on “Learning the Language of Social Media and Web Development”. These workshops are specifically designed for small business owners who are new to social networking.
Are you using social media to build an audience or market your services? If you haven’t you’re probably missing out on connecting with new audiences. These workshops will take an advanced look at social media optimization. You will learn best practices for engagement and digital marketing to steer traffic to your website.
Stephanie Jelley, Director of Business Development & Programming and social media enthusiast with more than 10 years of communication experience with Contour Marketing & Media, will lead the series.
Workshop topics are:
- March 15– “Introduction to Social Media” Learn the basics of social media. Blogs, YouTube and social networks like Facebook and Twitter are just some of the new tools allowing people to share knowledge and organize into groups online. This session will cover basic information about how social media tools such as blogs, wikis, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are being used. You will also gain pointers and tips to consider about using social media in your business/organization’s communications. In addition you will review how social media tools have changed and continues to change the landscape of communications.
- March 22 – “Facebook and LinkedIn for Beginners” will focus on setting up a Facebook account and pages for your small business as well as the importance of a LinkedIn presence creating a profile and network that will enhance your reach.
- March 29-”Twitter Know-How” will cover setting up an account, creating a custom background, tweetiquette, tweeting and getting targeted followers to compliment your business services.
- April 5-”Building your Business through Better Blogging-An Introduction to WordPress” There are many uses for blogs. Blogging is one of the most sought after techniques for driving traffic, increasing revenue, network marketing, advertising, personal uses, branding and much more.
The cost for the workshop is $99 and registration is required as seating is limited. Additional guided assistance available during open workshops Fridays 3-5;15 pm.
Workshops will be held from 6:30-8:15 p.m. Tuesday evenings, March 15-April 5th at the HK Foundations Center which is conveniently located at 515 Valley Street, Suite 130, Maplewood.
For further information or to request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, call 973.762.4062 or email programs@mwsohkfc.org.
Claymation is a type of stop motion animation created by moving an object in very small amounts and taking a picture between each movement – think the California Raisins or Wallace and Gromit. You then run all of the pictures together at a fast pace to create the illusion that the object(s) are really moving.
Your child will learn digital technology while creating their own claymation movie with a computer, digital camera, tripod, and clay.
Students will be encouraged to link this media project to their community or as a tool to bring a book report or other writing project to life.
Your child will also be introduced to iPhoto and Aperture to enhance and modify their photos in an environment that encourages collaboration among peers and senior peer mentors. For further information on this workshop a, please email programs@mwsohkfc.org or call 973.762.4062
Workshop offered Tuesdays 3:30-4:45 Workshop is limited to 10 children and will run from February 15th through March 15th. Registration February 4th through 11th. Student fee for supplies $10.00.
The Foundations Center of Maplewood & South Orange Adult Registration is now open and offering series of workshops “Learning the Language of Social Media and Web Development” specifically designed for small business owners who are new to social networking.
Are you using social media to build an audience or market your services? If you haven’t you’re probably missing out on connecting with new audiences. These workshops will take an advanced look at social media optimization. You will learn best practices for engagement and digital marketing to steer traffic to your website.
Stephanie Jelley, Director of Business Development & Programming and social media enthusiast with more than 10 years of communication experience with Contour Marketing & Media, will lead the series.
Workshop topics are:
February 10 – “Introduction to Social Media” Learn the basics of social media. Blogs, YouTube and social networks like Facebook and Twitter are just some of the new tools allowing people to share knowledge and organize into groups online. This session will cover basic information about how social media tools such as blogs, wikis, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are being used. You will also gain pointers and tips to consider about using social media in your business/organization’s communications and review how social media tools have changed and continues to change the landscape of communications.
February 24 – “Facebook and LinkedIn for Beginners” will focus on setting up a Facebook account and pages for your small business as well as the importance of a LinkedIn presence creating a profile and network that will enhance your reach.
October 5 -”Twitter Know-How” will cover setting up an account, creating a custom background, tweetiquette, tweeting and getting targeted followers to complement your business services.
March 3-”Building your Business through Better Blogging-An Introduction to WordPress” There are many uses for blogs. Blogging is one of the most sought after techniques for driving traffic, increasing revenue, network marketing, advertising, personal uses, branding and much more.
March 24-”Building Your Business Blog-Session 2″-Build your business or personal blog with guidance.
The cost for the workshops is $25 per session and registration is required as seating is limited. A 15% discount will be applied for those attending all workshops.
All funds raised are used to support the many initiatives of the HK Community Fund.
Workshops will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the HK Foundations Center which is conveniently located at 515 Valley Street, Suite 130, Maplewood.
For further information please visit www.mwsohkfc.org or to request reasonable accommodations for disabilities, call 973.762.0462 or email programs@mwsohkfc.org.
The Center reopens January 10th and will be offering the following workshops for students grades 5-12 who reside in Maplewood & South Orange.
iMovie/Final Cut Monday & Thursday 3:30-5 (Grades 8-12)
iPhoto/Photoshop Tuesday 4-5:15 (Grades 5-8)
“We See The World” Wednesday 4-5:30
Open Workshop Friday 3:30-5 (grades 8-12)
Open registration December 20-22 and January 3-5 from 3:30-5. Should workshop enrollment exceed capacity a lottery will be conducted to randomly select participants among those eligible. Those selected will be notified by e-mail January 6th.
We See The World Global Peer Mentoring Project is a collaboration between Communities in Schools of New Jersey Mentoring Success Center and YouthWorks CIC in Belfast, Ireland. Students grades 9-11 who reside in Maplewood South Orange are eligible to participate in this wonderful program which will bring together youth from across the globe. This initiative will allow and encourage students to share experiences and learn through video conferencing, social media video and other technology.
Thomas Owens of Communities in Schools of New Jersey and Stephen Hughes of Belfast, Ireland met nine months ago when Stephen’s YouthWorks team visited Newark. Finding common ground, both were committed to creating an innovative and engaging youth project using the powerful tools of technology. Together they launched “We See The World” and, through HK Community Fund (a community based charity located in Maplewood), have invited the youth of Maplewood and South Orange to join the pilot project which launched on September 21, 2010 joining youth from Belfast, Ireland; Newark, New Jersey; Phoenix, Arizona and Dayton, Ohio.
According to Owens, every six weeks, all the students in the program come together in a video-conference town hall meeting and discuss various topics. One topic for the meeting is then selected by a “board” under the guidance of Owens. The students go off in their groups, armed with a flip camera, to create a 3-5 minute video on the chosen topic. The videos are then viewed by the leaders and broken down and also posted to the website. The kids are brought together again in another video-conference to discuss the results. New topics will be introduced every six weeks, each culminating in a “virtual town hall” with all participants.
Tom Kerns, founder and president of the HK Community Fund, and Director Stephanie Jelley of the HK Foundations Center of Maplewood & South Orange are both excited and honored that the youth of our community have been selected as one of the pilot cities. “It is an honor that they have selected our youth.”, said Kerns. “Our diverse population and proximity to New York City make the youth of Maplewood South Orange and ideal group to participate in this global program. This is a great opportunity for our youth to find out what we all have in common, instead of focusing on what divides us. It is another way for our youth to continue to enhance their sense of self and to develop their sense of belonging.”
Jelley is excited about the opportunity for our youth to engage in thought provoking dialogue; “It is my hope that this program will enhance our youth’s understanding of the many challenges and issues all youth face in the 21st Century. Sharing their lives through intellectual discourse will, not only help make our youth aware of the concerns of others around the globe, it will give them a chance to tell their stories”. She goes on to say; “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our youth can find commonality rather than to focus on the differences that too often leads to bigotry. When we find what we have in common, acceptance is not far behind.”
Students will meet each Wednesday to discuss the topics posted under the guidance of Michele Jelley, Professor of English Rutgers, Newark and will develop video content for upload and participation in the project.
With the site launch (currently in beta testing) scheduled for December 2010, youth residing in Maplewood and South Orange are encouraged to visit The Center or contact programs@mwsohkfc.org for further details of this program. Those who show an interest in this project will be interviewed and 10 students will be selected to participate. It is anticipated that the 10 dedicated students will be selected by December 10th. The criteria for eligibility are:
• eligibility to the South Orange-Maplewood school district (you do not need to be enrolled in the district, just eligible to do so)
• high school students only (grades 9, 10 and 11)
• the willingness and ability to give 35 hours of community service over the course of the school year
The Center is conveniently located at 515 Valley Street, Suite 130, Maplewood
These workshops are open to kids Grades 7 & 8 encourage children to explore their worlds as they photograph scenes from their own lives that serve as they as a catalyst for verbal and written expression. Our world is dominated by visual images and the written word. It is important to know how to express yourself, both verbally and in writing. Writing photography promotes visual literacy and writing into a program that interconnects photo-based image making with a variety of writing techniques to improve self expression. The power of photography and writing are combined so that participants learn to tell their story or the story of the world around them. Workshop participants are given the opportunity to create images of self, family, community, dreams, and the environment. These images then serve as the catalyst for written works.
Your child will be introduced to iPhoto and Aperture to enhance and modify their photos in an environment that encourages collaboration among peers and senior peer mentors. For further information on this workshop and community project, please email programs@mwsohkfc.org.
Workshop offered Monday 3:30-4:45
Tom Kerns, Founder and President of the HK Community Fund of Maplewood & South Orange, who recently retired from Wall Street after a successful 30 year career, brings his expertise to the youth of Maplewood and South Orange in a mini series of workshops on personal finance for youth.
Developing sound money management skills is critical for everyone. Good habits start early in life and the savings habit brings lifelong benefits. However, learning the basics of financing and banking can scare even the most hardened adult, never mind young people. It is our goal to remove the mystery and fear from the concepts of money by appling an inquiry based learning approach to teach the ABCs of Money in a way that will be fun, logical and easy to understand.
“The ABCs of Money” are for students in grades 7 through 12 and will be taught in 3 sessions. The sessions will be from 3:30pm to 4:45pm on Thursday, November 18th, Thursday, December 9th and Thursday December 16th. For further information please contact programs@mwsohkfc.org or call 973.762.4062.
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